From an athletics gold to fencing debut: India’s many “firsts” at the Tokyo Olympics

The Tokyo Olympics also witnessed many “firsts” for India at the Summer Olympics.

India’s campaign at the Tokyo Olympics ended on a high on Saturday, August 7 with Neeraj Chopra winning India’s first-ever Gold medal in Athletics in the Javelin Throw and Bajrang Punia bagging the Bronze in Wrestling in the men’s freestyle 65kg category. With seven medals, including one Gold, two Silvers and four Bronze medals, this edition was India’s best in terms of the medal tally. The previous best medal haul came at the 2012 London Olympics when India won two Silvers and four Bronze medals. The Tokyo Olympics also witnessed many “firsts” for India at the Summer Olympics. Here is a look at few such instances: